#DCD785#DCD785

#DCD785 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.104 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD785
RGB	rgb(220, 215, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 39.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -10.03, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 42.25, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0274 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.104 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.0502, 65.5114, 31.7728)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD785 #858ADC

analogous

#DCAC85 #DCD785 #B6DC85

triadic

#DCD785 #85DCD7 #D785DC

tetradic

#DCD785 #85DCAC #858ADC #DC85B6

square

#DCD785 #85DCAC #858ADC #DC85B6

split-complementary

#DCD785 #85B6DC #AC85DC

monochromatic

#B3AC33 #CEC755 #DCD785 #EAE7B5 #F7F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DCD785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DCD785 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD785

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD785	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 215, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.104 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3a9',
    500: '#dcd785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd785;
$custom-light: #e8e3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.865,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD785

secondary

#5258B3

accent

#2CC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD785

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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